The president of the Optimistic People for the Development of Mozambique (PODEMOS) party, Albino Forquilha, revealed that before the murder of Elvino Dias and the party's leader, Paulo Guambe, the car of the lawyer and legal advisor to presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane was stopped by two military cars so that they could not escape the action...
The Povo Optimista para o Desenvolvimento de Moçambique (PODEMOS) party, which supports Venâncio Mondlane's presidential candidacy, says it will not be intimidated by the murder of lawyer Elvino Dias and the party's representative, Paulo Guambe. According to the party's president, Albino Forquilha, this death is intended to intimidate PODEMOS from going ahead with the...
The European Union (EU) has condemned the murder of Elvino Dias, legal advisor to presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, and opposition politician Paulo Guambe, pointing out that "in a democracy, there is no room for politically motivated murders". In a statement published this afternoon on the European Union's website, the body called for an immediate, thorough investigation...
The executive director of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CDD), Adriano Nuvunga, says that the death of Elvino Dias, lawyer for presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane and main legal advisor to CAD/PODEMOS and Paulo Guambe, PODEMOS candidate in the General Elections, is aimed at creating instability in the country for the benefit of a few people. "This death is aimed at creating chaos...
The Mozambican Bar Association (OAM) has repudiated the shooting death of Elvino Dias on Saturday morning, classifying the act as an attack on lawyers and democracy. At a press conference called by the Order, OAM president Carlos Martins began by saying that the death of Elvino Dias is...
Lawyer Elvino Dias, linked to the campaign of presidential candidate Venâncio Mondlane, who was assassinated in the early hours of Saturday morning in Maputo, was already aware of the plan designed by the "Death Squads" to take his life. According to a post on his Facebook page on April 19, the plan was aimed at him and Venâncio...
Lawyer Elvino Dias, a legal advisor to Venâncio Mondlane and CAD/PODEMOS, was murdered at point-blank range this morning by unknown assailants on a public road. Elvino Dias was riddled with bullets on Avenida Joaquim Chissano, in the Primavera neighborhood of Malhangalene, on the outskirts of Maputo. Along with Elvino Dias, Paulo Guambe,...
Lawyer Elvino Dias revealed that the structure set up to support Venâncio Mondlane's independent presidential candidacy has new technology capable of carrying out a parallel vote count with greater precision. According to Mondlane's representative, this equipment is more sophisticated than the system used in the parallel vote count when...
On Monday, the leader of the Podemos party submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General's Office (PGR) against the National Electoral Commission (CNE) for signing a document approving ballot boxes where voters can deposit multiple ballot papers at the same time. Elvino Dias told reporters in Maputo that the CNE's attitude is...
Lawyer Elvino Dias revealed yesterday in Maputo that he has been in the crosshairs of death squad guns and that the only reason he hasn't been martyred is because of a lack of ammunition. After leaving the Attorney General's Office (PGR), he noted, without fear, that threats to his physical integrity and that of his client are "the...